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Stories of Power: ATGR holds local playwriting festival
Written by Kayla Tucker | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:03 |Actors’ Theatre’s Living on the Edge playwriting festival is wrapping up this month with a final showcase of the top five scripts, written by local playwrights here in West Michigan. Each play, once fully staged, will last 8-15 minutes and they’re all written under one theme: (un)breakable.
Sitcom Onstage: 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs' is more than a rerun
Written by Kayla Tucker | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:00 |Golden Girls, Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Cheers, The Jeffersons — if you’re suddenly feeling nostalgic, Olive and the Bitter Herbs is the show for you.
More Than a Show: America’s Music Company provides a unique blend of theater, music and pop culture
Written by Kayla Tucker | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:58 |A new performing arts company has manifested in Grand Rapids, with a mission to bring entertainment as well as empowerment to the people and performers of West Michigan.
Reuse, Reuse, Reuse: 'Industrial Nature' saves common objects from a lifetime in the landfill
Written by Marla Miller | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:53 |At first glance, the large-scale wall installations and sculptures look like succulents and flowers, multi-colored woven rugs, moths and butterflies.
Glass From the Past: 'Global Glass' explores the art form over the years
Written by Jane Simons | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:49 |Half a century later, the contemporary glass movement continues to gain momentum with competitions, exhibits and college programs. With Global Glass: A Survey of Form & Function, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is diving into this unique art movement.
All's Fair in Art and Crafts: Time to hit the lakeshore for fine art
Written by Marla Miller | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:05 |Every summer, set along boardwalks, in waterfront parks and on closed-off city blocks, art fairs take over the lakeshore with handcrafted jewelry, paintings, pottery, photography, sculpture and much more.
Musical Monument: 'Feast or Famine' remembers the victims of avarice
Written by Jane Simons | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 11:57 |This month’s Kalamazoo Philharmonia and the Bach Festival Chorus performance is personal for Andrew Koehler.
Review: Grand Rapids Symphony closed out the season with power and hope
Written by Samara Napolitan | Sunday, 20 May 2018 13:51 |In Western music canon, Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the first freelance composers. Unlike his predecessors — Bach, Mozart and Haydn — he had no royal patron to please. Beethoven wrote music for himself, and for greater humanity. “What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose,” he said. Knowing this makes the impassioned plea for universal fellowship and peace in his “Symphony No. 9” all the more powerful.
Review: ‘Gay Deceivers’ is the start of something great, despite its flaws
Written by Marin Heinritz | Sunday, 20 May 2018 13:49 |If there is something inherently funny about women’s breasts and the seemingly endless quest for the sexual capital that comes from an augmented female form, then “Gay Deceivers” capitalizes on it — with a pseudo-feminist twist. The humor in this almost-farce also relies on the audience’s delight in seeing ostensibly straight men dressed (badly) as women.
Review: ‘Off the Wall’ is easily unique, fun enough to be an annual event
Written by Kayla Tucker | Wednesday, 16 May 2018 15:25 |It was a truly unique night at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts last night with the first ever Off the Wall fundraising event. As I was leaving the event, feeling inspired and blessed to have seen so much talent in just three hours, I hoped that the UICA makes this an annual event, and I can safely assume the happy audience around me felt the same.
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